Mary lyons



Patented Nov. 29, I898.

M. LYDNS.

CORSET.

(Application filed Jan.

(No Model.)

THE NORRIS PETERS co.. mom-Luna, WASHINGTON, o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY" LYONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,029, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed January 22, 1898. $erial No. 667,615. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY LYONS, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in corsets.

Heretofore the bulged portions of a corset designed to accommodate the mammary glands have generally been made with or as a part of the main or body portion of the garment, the inner surfaces of such bulged portions being an unbroken continuation of the inner surface of the body of the corset. It is well known that in corsets so formed the mammary glands are not properly supported. This results in a depressed, sunken chest, causing the heart and lungs to be compressed and forced out of their normal positions.

The primary object of this invention is to insure the proper support of the mammary glands, resulting in a raised chest and the proper positioning of the internal organs. This I accomplish by attaching cups or receptacles for the mammary glands to the exterior of a corset on a line below the edges of the semicircular openings formed for the accommodation of the glands. The edges of said openings consist of strips of Chamois, Velvet, or other soft material.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a corset, showing one of the receptacles for the mammary glands lowered. Fig. 2 isa horizontal sectionalview taken through one of the receptacles and a portion of the corset. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of a corset.

the edges of each of the openings a and extending inwardly, so that the inner free edge of each strip is substantially parallel at all points with the edge of the opening in the corset.

O O designate the cups or receptacles for the mammary glands. Each of these cups is in the form of the segment of a spheroid. It is made up of fabric and bones similar to the elements composing the body of the corset. The inner edge of each cup is permanently attached to the corset along the edge of opening a and at about the inner edge of strip B. Thus in effect the cups are attached to the outside of the corset and,considering the strip B as forming a part of the corset, may be said to be attached to the exterior surface of the latter at points beneath the edge of each opening. I do not restrict myself to the ma- .terial of which the cups are formed, nor to the shape or conformation thereof. The essential feature is that the edge of each cup can be stitched or otherwise permanently secured to the outside of the corset below the opening for the mammary gland.

The advantage of this construction is that a corset can be made to fit perfectly up to and around the mammary glands and at the same time afford ease and comfort to the wearer. The mammary glands thus have a yielding or soft contact-surface and will fall naturally into the cups or receptacles outside of the openings formed in the corset. This will prevent the glands from slipping down inside the corset, as frequently occurs unless the corset be made very tight, which will result in causing suffering to the wearer.

The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art. By properly supporting the mammary glands, especially when they are weighty or of abnormal size, no difficulty in breathing is experienced, pressure from the heart is removed, and injury to health consequent upon sunken or depressed chests is successfully avoided.

I claim as my invention- A corset having openings therein for the mammary glands, strips of soft material attached to the edges of said openings, and cups or receptacles permanently secured to the corset-body, the line of attachment of specification in the presence of two subscrilr each cup to the corset-body being substaning witnesses.

tially parallel with the ed e of the openin over which it is placed, ($3011 of said stri MARY LYONsbeing continuous and extended inward, sub- Vitnesses:

stantially as set forth. OWEN WARD,

In testimony whereof I have signed this 0. R. COMES. 

